I made it my goal not to buy anything new. Not one. single. thing. Not even fresh flowers. Zero dollars out of pocket for this decorating project. Everything was either designated as fall decorations and stored away or it just happened to go with because of shape or size or color.

Our stacking shaker boxes have been around for many years – they are a product we carried briefly when we owned our country decorating online shop. The little fabric pumpkin on top is one of the fabric Cinderella pumpkins we made a couple of years ago.

The two ceramic pumpkins down in front are just cheap and cheerful bits that I picked up at the grocery store while the faux branches are from the dollar store…in a Pottery Barn vase. ‘Cause that's just how we roll. Dean's Mom gave us the pages from old hymnals – I LOVE that they are so old and worn. The rag wreath was created two years ago for the Steven & Chris show on CBC (house tour on the show here and rag wreath instructions here).

The black candlesticks are just Walmart specials and the scroll frame and rust orange pumpkin are from Michael's.

I did rearrange the furniture – well, Dean may have helped a bit. Maybe.

It seems to really balance the living room space to have the love seats opposite each other instead of in an L configuration, which is how they stayed when we plopped them down in the space earlier this summer.

For the last couple of years I've been really drawn to the whites and mellow neutrals of fall. No bright orange here. However I did find some fabulous orange accents for the rest of the house and the fall/Thanksgiving table in particular. Keep your eyes peeled for those in a couple of weeks!

In the meantime, be sure to visit my lovely co-hosts this week for more autumn awesomeness! Here’s the line-up of the Seasons of Home – Autumn Edition:

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About Shannon Acheson

I'm Shannon and I'm super glad you're here! I'm an interior designer and I LOVE design and decorating. You and I both have to cook for our families, clean and organize our homes, manage our money and live life too, right? So how about we do it together?

Loving your fall mantle this year. The shaker stacking boxes are amazing! Love the colors. Everything is sort of random on the mantle, but goes together perfectly. I actually just included your mantle from last year in a collection of fall ideas on my blog….I may have to feature this one, too!

LOVE the shaker boxes!! The little fabric pumpkin is pretty cute, too. I like the new layout of your furniture – and your coffee table caught my eye immediately! I love that you give the mantel a new Fall look each year. Pinning this post!

Hello, Beautiful!

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